Hybrid/Remote Modbus Contract Job Trends

Modbus
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Modbus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 299 349
Rank change year-on-year -38 +50 +104
Contract jobs citing Modbus 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.033% 0.040% 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.34% 0.38% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £429 £448 -
25th Percentile £453 £481 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +29.41% -17.07%
75th Percentile £578 £619 £463
90th Percentile £606 £653 -
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £425
% change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% -17.07%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Modbus falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,193 1,051 1,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.86% 10.61% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 736 673 1,040
10th Percentile £314 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year - -1.19% -3.62%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £613
90th Percentile £687 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £495
% change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 32 76
10th Percentile £13.97 - £12.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £14.20 £14.20
Median hourly rate £55.90 £41.75 £24.13
Median % change year-on-year +33.89% +73.06% -59.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.65 £74.88 £87.46
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £37.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -2.60% +102.63%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Modbus and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Modbus job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Modbus
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Modbus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Modbus

Modbus
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Modbus over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Modbus daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Modbus
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Modbus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Modbus

Modbus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (25.00%) DMVPN
2 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (25.00%) IPsec
2 1 (25.00%) Junos
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) RS-485
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) VSAT
2 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (50.00%) SCADA
3 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Change Control
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) Application Discovery
3 1 (25.00%) Bill of Materials
3 1 (25.00%) Build Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Resilience Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) Starlink